[Noisebridge-congress] Rubin's Hacker Camp Packing List - CCCamp 2015 Edition

[Ben Kochie]

A couple specific tips for Germany.

* Make sure to have an ATM card.  Germans, and especially Berlin, do not 
use credit cards as much.  Count on the fact that you won't be able to use 
credit cards for most things.  Using your US ATM card at a German ATM is 
totally fine, and is usually the best way to get cash.

* Clothing
- Milliways may have a washing machine, but don't count on it.
- I think the heavier clothing will not be nessecary, this is August in 
Berlin.

* For the Utility section, we can do a shopping run at a baumarkt

* Tech
- I recommend bringing one unlocked stupid-phone.  There will be an 
eventphone mobile network.  You'll be able to call and text within camp. 
Prepare for lolz SMS spam.
- If someone brings a couple US power strips, I have a 3kw transformer for 
making 120v power.

Foods
- I recommend actually bringing travel eating plate/spork.  There is never 
enough clean dishes around.  Maybe both under the "very useful" category.
- I would put the stove on the DO NOT BRING list.  You can't fly with 
fuel.
- I can recommend a couple of good shops to get good whiskey for 
https://events.ccc.de/camp/2015/wiki/Session:Whiskyleaks

Random
- It's about 10km into town from Camp.  Well, there are 2 towns nearby. 
Both are tiny, but there's an OBI (think lowes) in Zehdenick.  A couple 
rental bikes for the camp to share could be useful for making trips into 
town.

-ben

On Sun, 19 Jul 2015, Rubin Abdi wrote:

> So I've had a couple people poke me about what to pack for this event. Some have done the event
> camping thing, some haven't. My friend Morley years ago sent me her Burning Man packing list,
> it was super helpful.
> 
> This list I share with you now is an evolution of that Burning Man list for hackers and hacker
> camps. The goal is to not pack everything, but to give you a sort of priority list on what I
> will most likely pack for comfort, and what I most likely wont but could possibly. The main
> goal for me is...
> 
> - Bring things to make sleep easier, sleep make me happy.
> - Bring things to keep up my personal hygiene, keeping clean makes me happy.
> - Have clean underwear and socks for every single day, you get the idea.
> 
> https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1eI99JOxM5u8FPqbI4EM9smYQQL20UaLW-ZFR2R0FlVo/edit?usp=s
> haring
> 
> Those of you who provided a Google email address I've shared the doc with you because that's
> easy. Please feel free to add comments if you like. If I remember things I'll add more.
> 
> 
> --
> Rubin
> rubin at starset.net
> 
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